Which to use
“mœurs” is a noun and “meurt” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #10,361
- “mœurs” frequency rank
- #2,786
- “meurt” frequency rank
- 13147
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mœurs | meurt |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Habitudes, naturelles ou acquises, relatives à la pratique du bien ou du mal au sens de la morale. | Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif du verbe mourir. |
Same sound, different letters: mœurs vs meurt
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 3 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - mœurs / meurt
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: mœurs and meurt carry the same recorded pronunciation, \mœʁ\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13147, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mœurs is recorded at frequency rank #10,361, classified as anoun, pronounced \mœʁ\. meurt is at rank #2,786, tagged as averb, pronounced \mœʁ\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 13147, this pair ranks #402,230 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of mœurs vs meurt
Shared letters: mru. Private to "mœurs": sœ. Private to "meurt": et.
"mœurs" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC · "meurt" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- meurt ← emurt · merut · meurrt · meurtt · meutr · mmeurt · muert
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "mœurs" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "meurt" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #402,230 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mœurs" and "meurt" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mœurs vs Moura". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #402,230 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.